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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

What a delight to have this visitor to our butterfly garden! #optoutside

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"How we're giving adaptations or access or support matters more to the students in my study than the labeling of the disability itself" This entire conversation with @naemmanuele.bsky.social was full of reminders of how we can/need to be better for students. (Comes out tomorrow morning!)

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Never underestimate the power of a room full of dedicated teachers who want to get great books into their readers’ hands! At this make and take workshop, they designed learning activities, utilized AI to streamline planning, and READ LOTS of amazing #picturebooks to utilize as #mentortexts

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

“…there have never been any good old days when students all brought their books to class having done the homework reading. Disaffection for schoolwork is not new.” www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

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How We Can Turn the Page on This Failed Reading Strategy (Opinion)

We can’t raise new readers on just excerpts. It’s time to bring back whole books.

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The sunshine finally came out for this sonshine! Nicholas Craig , we can’t wait to see what you cook up!!! We love you and we couldn’t be more proud of the work you’ve done!🎓👨‍🍳

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 13/06/2026

“Be consistent, but flexible. Love them unconditionally, but hold them accountable. Give them voice, but be the leader.” —Rae Rudzinski, Teacher

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Monte Syrie @montesyrie.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

30 years of learning to teach. 🙂 🙏 @edutopia.org

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 14/05/2026

Happy birthday to George Lucas, Edutopia’s founder! 🎉

"When people tell you it's impossible, you're on the right track." –George Lucas

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

As Billy Collins says, "poetry is the history of the human heart." None of the poems I wrote early every morning this month is perfect. All are practice, which helps me find my voice every day. #AmWriting #WriteforYourLife #WriteBesideThem #PoetryasPractice #NationalPoetryMonth

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

THREAD: It's April! Which means #NationalPoetryMonth. This year is less about volume & more about mining notebooks to write "micro" pieces. I’m prioritizing wellness and discovery over a polished product with short, sustainable daily poems. #AmWriting #PoetryasPractice #WriteforYourLife

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Cake pans, board games, cameras, wedding gowns, and now… seeds! Picked up some packets today when I stopped in. Yet another reason why #librariesrock

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Replace “elementary” with “secondary” or “all” and the headline is also 100% true 😂

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Time is a thief, peeps… This is 20!!!

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Some of my favorites from this past month…

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I'm so excited to be collaborating with Melissa Bryan to share our story with other literacy educators! See you on 3/10 at Drew University! hashtag#seekingbalance2026 hashtag#njctedrewteach26

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

There is nothing better at the end of a long day than to come home to #bookmail from @penguinschoollib.bsky.social Love the element of surprise too!!!!

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Looking forward to reading new titles in 2026, and reflecting on the great reads of 2025! What's on your list to read in the new year? #BookLove #TitleTalk #ShelfieTalk #celchat #nctechat #BuildYourStack @ncte.org

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I have a 19 year old who was a first grader in 2012. What amazing young adults might these beautiful babies have grown up to become? 🙏 #NeverForget

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Third and final #ThesisoftheWeek for December is inspired by Stuart Kestenbaum's poem "Prayer for the Dead." Use it if you'd like. Share it if you'd like! #PoetryasPractice #FormativeWriting #WritingtoLearn #celchat #nctechat #2ndaryELA #Poetry poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The second #ThesisoftheWeek for December is based on "Myth of the Vanishing Indian" by Rena Priest. Use it if you'd like, and share it if you'd like! #PoetryasPractice #FormativeAssessment #WritingPractice #2ndaryELA #celchat #nctechat #poetry poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

In November, I got my Bluetooth headphones replaced. When my last pair broke, I thought I’d just make do with listening directly from my phone when I was doing chores. Welp, I think the data shows that I listen to more books when I have the headphones. 7/9 = audio #ReadingWrap #readingaccess 1/2

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

December's first #ThesisoftheWeek is inspired by "Kindness" by Anya Silver. Use it if you'd like. Share it if you'd like! #PoetryasPractice #2ndaryELA #CELChat #edchat #formativeassessment #writingpractice #poetry #formativewriting #writingtolearn poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Last #ThesisoftheWeek for November is inspired by "It Matters," by Laura Foley, which pays homage to Mary Oliver. Use it if you'd like, and share it if you'd like! #PoetryasPractice #FormativeAssessment #2ndaryELA #WriteBesideThem #PracticeMakesProgress poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

The third #ThesisoftheWeek for November is inspired by Natalie Goldberg's poem "Home." Use it if you'd like. Share it if you'd like! #2ndaryELA #PoetryasPractice #WritingPractice poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

No spoilers on the new Pluribus show on AppleTV, but the author signing event is ON POINT 😂

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Educators & authors on a Saturday learning together! Thanks to folks who came to sessions on #nonfiction #visualliteracies and #independentreading What a pleasure to join a community who wants to innovate and grow professionally because #kidsdeserveit #nerdcampli #mypersonalpd #edchat #kidlit

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

The first #ThesisoftheWeek for November is up on the #PoetryasPractice Blog. This week's poem is "Gate C22" by Ellen Bass. #writingpractice #formativeassessments #writetolearn #writetothink #createtolearn poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

TGIF! Just got home to my favorite kind of mail: book mail! Penguin Random House sent me this advance reader copy.

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

October's final #ThesisoftheWeek is up! This week's poem is "Dust" by Danusha Lameris. #PoetryasPractice #FormativeAssessment #WritingPractice docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

First time presenting at NJSBA. What a gift it is every day to work with these amazing ladies. And a joy to share our journey with others and build our PLN! #professionallearning #NJEd #edleadership #presenttolearn

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

How apropos! I've finished reading & writing beside this brilliant book this AM for National Day on Writing! 30 notebook pages on my writing identity, why writing matters now more than ever, and the whats, whys & hows of the process #WhyIWrite #MyPersonalPD #PDBookClub #AmWriting #NCTEChat #CELChat

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

#ThesisoftheWeek for Week 3 of October is inspired by a beautiful poem by Marjorie Saiser entitled "Crane Migration: Platte River." Find this prompt & others on the Poetry as Practice Blog! (Photo credits: Chris Helzer/The Nature Conservancy & USGS) poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Tom Newkirk said it ages ago in The Art of Slow Reading. The act of reading is the act of forgetting. We can’t remember it all. We have to decide what to forget… www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Tim Dowling: I love books – but can’t remember anything about the ones I’ve just read

In bed I lie awake, staring at the books on my nightstand, trying to remember a single salient fact about any of them

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

The latest #ThesisoftheWeek has been posted on my Poetry as Practice blog. This week's stimulus text is "Bread" by Richard Levine. Use and share if you would like! poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Job perk! Our middle school ELA, ESL, and special services teachers got to book shop for high-interest informational nonfiction this week. #BuildYourStack #ShelfieTalk #TitleTalk #BookLove #Nonfiction 📚🤓📖🛋️🛒🎒

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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Love that the Papermill offered our staff the opportunity to come and see this! Such fun last evening. #lovewhereyoulive

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Michelle Kraft @mnkraft.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Agree 100%. I'd say more, but I don't want to give away the lie.

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